Two-part yoke.



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'rwonn'r Yorin. l .lmlllaiiiiilaki CPY llll W., i Speciication of Lettera Patent. Pabtqgmmqd Pugh, 5, 191i@ application filed September 8, 1916. Serial No. 113,970.

.To all/whom t may concern. position by any suitable means such as the Be it known that l, CALVIN B. PA'rcii,`a eotters 2l-21. Y citizen of the United States, residing at To disconnect the draw bar from .the yoke 50 Glenellyn, in the county of Dupage and with the parts as shown in vlig. 1, it is ap- State of Illinois, have invented a certain parent that it is only necessary to remove the new and useful Im )roveinent in Two-Part pins 20 whereupon the lower member A ot Yokes, of which t Ae following is a full, the yoke can be dropped down and the draw clear, concise, and exact description, refer-` bar disengaged from the upper yoke member. 55

' ence being had to'the accompanying draw- From the preceding description, it will ins, forming a part of this specification. be seen that the yoke may be manufactured I his invention relates to improvements inI at relatively small expense since only one two-part yokes.v I. pattern is employed; the yoke is adapted y The object of this invention is to provide foi` use with all standard draw bars, re- 60 a two-part yoke for railway draft riggings gardless of the presence or absence of a couwherein the parts are duplicates of each plerfkey slot; and the yoke parts may be other and having means for. easily connectlocked and unlocked with case since the pins ing with and disconnectingthe same from a 20 are accessible at the forward end of the standard draw bar'whether the/latter is progear. e5

' -yided with coupler key slotsjor not. claim:

In the drawing forming a part of this l. A-yoke ofthe character describedcomspecification, Figuf'lns a Iside elevation of prising two members mivably connected at a yoke and draw bai" showin my improvetheir rear ends, said members having means ments in connection therewit i. Fig. 2 is a at their forward ends for operatively en-A 70 horizontal sectional View taken on the line gaging a draw bar, the forward ends of said 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front end elevaarms being provided with overlapping por-V tion `of the yoke. And Fig. 4 is a rear end tions at the sides thereof, and detachable elevation oftthe yoke. means extending horizontally and parallel In said drawing, 10 denotes a draw bar, tto the axis of the yoke through said over- 'I6 the butt of which is provided with usual lapping portions to thereby. maintain the upper shoulder 1l?, and lower-shoulder 12. parts inoperative position, said means beingl The improved" yoke, as shown, comprises removable by movement in a direction partwo' like members A, A, each of which conallel to the axis of the yoke.

sists of a horizontal arm 13, rear integral l 2. A two-part yoke comprising members S0 section 14,'transvcrsely extending shoulder movably connected at their rear ends, each 15 at its front end arranged to coperate of said parts havin ne'ans .foroperatively with one of the shoulders of the draw bar, engaging a draw lar, said parts having and parallel side plates 1(516 .overlapping side portions at their 'forward ends adapted i the sides of the draw bar. The rear portions tooverlie the sides of the draw bar butt, and 85 14C-414 of the two yoke members are roindependent means on each side of the yoke vided with meshing perforated lugs 1 to located entirely outside ofthe side planes of receive a pivot pin 18, whereby the memthe draw barbuttfor detachably connecting bers A, A'are pivotallyconnected at the said portions to thereby hold the parts in rear, The side plates 16-16 of the yoke operative engagement with the draw bar. 90

L members arealso provided with'overlapping In witness that I claim the foregoingv'll perforated lugs or cant` 19-19 to receive rehave hereunto subscribed my name movable, longitudinally extending locking day of Sept. 1916. I .y pins 20. The o pins 18 and 20 are held inM- QALVIN B. PATCH. 

